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Citation rules/Internet and media/18.2 The Internet

Replace the link with the page’s address

Error²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A web address points the reader at the source itself rather than at an intervening page of links; a front page plus instructions to search it leaves the reader to do the finding.¹

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1R. 18.2.2(d) The URL. Tables: R. 18.8.4 Websites Containing Audio Recordings.
2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.

PreviousReplace the alternate server with “www”NextReplace the shortener with the full address

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Abbreviate the author's name
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Add a comma before the URL
Add a parenthetical explaining the link
Add parentheses around the “last visited” date
Add the archive link
Add the site's name before the address
Add the time zone after the time
Replace the link with the page’s address

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Abbreviate the author's name
Abbreviate the site's name
Add a comma before the URL
Add a parenthetical explaining the link
Add parentheses around the “last visited” date
Add the archive link
Add the site's name before the address
Add the time zone after the time
Replace the link with the page’s address

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